Java Utililty Methods List Sort

List<String> removedSorts = new ArrayList<String>();
for (String sort : sorts) {
    if (!containsColumnByAlias(selectColumns, sort)) {
        removedSorts.add(sort);
for (String sort : removedSorts) {
    removeSortByColumnName(sorts, ascending, sort);
...

int idx = -1;
int n = a.size();
if (a.get(1).doubleValue() > a.get(0).doubleValue()) {
    if (v < a.get(0).doubleValue()) {
        return idx;
    if (v > a.get(n - 1).doubleValue()) {
        return idx;
...

final List<T> list = new LinkedList<T>(set);
Collections.sort(list, comparator);
return list;

Collections.sort(list);
return list;

return sort(list, true);

ArrayList<String> newList = new ArrayList<String>(list);
Collections.sort(newList);
return newList;

List<T> list1 = new ArrayList<>(list);
Collections.sort(list1);
return list1;

List<String> listSorted = null;
if (list != null) {
    listSorted = new ArrayList<String>();
    for (final String str : list) {
        listSorted.add(getIndexForSortedInsert(listSorted, str), str);
return listSorted;
...

for (int i = 0; list != null && i < list.size(); i++) {
    String actual = (String) list.get(i);
    for (int j = i; j < list.size(); j++) {
        String next = (String) list.get(j);
        if (actual.compareTo(next) > 0) {
            list.set(i, next);
            list.set(j, actual);
            actual = next;
...

Collections.sort(list);
return list;